Chord/Tab song: Shambala

Shambala - Three Dog Night


standard tuning
tabbed by Robb Anagnostis 4-16-14

This entire song is comprised of RIFF 1 and RIFF 2 (shown tabbed below).
RIFF 1 is the acoustic guitar that is the dominant rhythm instrument
(which is tabbed incorrectly elsewhere).
A distorted electric plays root notes under RIFF 1, almost like
a bass line. Another guitar joins from the 2nd verse on with E, D and A chords.
RIFF 2 is played by both acoustic and electric on the Chorus.

There might seem a bit of a clash when RIFF 1 hits open G (like an Em) and the
other rhythm instruments are hitting G# (playing E Major), but surprising
as it is, that IS how it is played. Please see the CHORD VOICING chart below.


intro

E||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|
D||--------------------0--2--|
A||-----------------4--------|
E||--------------------------|

[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]

[VERSES] ("RIFF 1" - see song structure below)

E5 Em7/D A/C# A E5 Dsus9 A ("L" held note)

e||--0---0-----0-----|-----------------|-----0-------0---|------------------||
B||--0-----------3---|-----------------|-----------3-----|---2---2----------||
G||-4-----0-------0-|-----2-2---------|---4-----2-------|---2---2---------||
D||-2-------0-------|---2---2-----0-1-|-2-----0-------2-|-L-2---2-----0-2-||
A||------------------|-4-----0---4-----|---------------0-|-L---------4------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+][1][+][2][+][3][+][4][+][1][+][2][+][3][+][4][+]

[CHORUS] ("RIFF 2" - see song structure below)

[A] [D/A] [A] [D] [A]

e||------------------|---------------2-|-L-2---2---2-----|------------------||
B||------2---------3-|-L-2-------2-2-3-|-L-3---3---3---2-|---2-2---2--------||
G||-----2---------2-|-L-2-------2-2-2-|-L-2---2---2---2-|---2-2---2-------||
D||-----2---------4-|-L-2-------2-2-0-|-L-0---0---0---2-|---2-2---2-------||
A||--0---0---------0-|-L-0-------0-0---|---------------0-|---0-0---0--------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

[1] [+] [2]Ho[+]w [3]..[+]. [4] l[+]ight[1] [+]sh[2]in[+]e [3] [+]in[4]..[+].. [1] o[+]f [2] S[+]ha[3]m-[+]ba[4]- [+]la? [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4]te[+]ll me...

SONG STRUCTURE

[INTRO] RIFF 1 2x
[VERSE 1] RIFF 1 4x
[VERSE 2] RIFF 1 4x

[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x ("How does your light shine...")

[SOLO] RIFF 1 1x
[VERSE 3] RIFF 1 4x

[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x

[OUTRO] RIFF 1 6x (and fade out)



CHORD VOICINGS

E5 xx2400
Em7/D xx0030 (use 2nd finger to make transition to A/C# easier)
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x (barred 2nd fret)
Dsus9 xx0230
D xx0232
D/A x0423x (or "A6sus4")



(Additional GUITAR) - enters on 2nd verse

[E] [D] [A/C#] [A] [E] [D] [A]

e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
G||------------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
D||--6-------4-------|---2---2---6-4---|-6-------4-----2-|-L-2---2---6-4---||
A||--7-------5-------|-4-----0-------7-|-7-----5-------0-|-L-------------7-||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+][1][+][2][+][3][+][4][+][1][+][2][+][3][+][4][+]

GUITAR #2 CHORDS (enters on 2nd verse)
E x76xxx
D x54xxx
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x



Shambala - Three Dog Night

[INTRO]

[VERSE 1]
[A]Wash away[E] my troubles[D], wash away[A] my pain
with the [E]rain in Sham[D]-bala[A]
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
with the rain in Sham-bala

Ahh- oooh-oooh,[E] oooooh[D]-oooh, oooh[A]-oooh yeah
Yeah [E]- yeah - yeah [D]- yeah - yeah [A]

Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah

[VERSE 2]
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
on the road to Shambala

Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind,
on the road to Shambala

Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah

Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah

[CHORUS]
[A]How does your [A6sus4]light s[A]hine, in the [D]halls of Shamba[A]la?
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?

[GUITAR SOLO]

[VERSE 3]
I can tell my sister, by the flowers in her eyes,
on the road to Shambala.

I can tell my brother, by the flowers in his eyes,
on the road to Shambala

Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah

Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah

[CHORUS] (play 2x)

[OUTRO] (repeats 6x and fades out)
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah